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Fakultet sporta i fizickog obrazovanja
Univerzitet u Nisu
OLYMPICS GAMES
Nastavnik-dr Danica Pirsl
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THE CONTENT:
1. Introduction............................................... .................................................. ........... 3
2. Subject, aims and tasks of work .......................................... ....................................3
3. Olympic flame…………….. .............................................. ............................................4
4.Modern OLYMPIC GAMES .................................. ................................................... .. 6
5.Summer OLYMPIC GAMES.............................. .................................................. ...... 8
5.1.Sports of the Summer Olympics .......................................... .................................. 8
5.2.Organization of summer Olympics ...................................... .................................10
5.3. Influence of politics in OG………............................................... ............................ 11
6.Winter OI .......................................................... .................................................. .... 13
6.1.Sports of the ESL ....................................................... ........................................... 13
6.2. Occurrence of ESL ................................................... ............................................. 14
7.Paralympic games ............................................................ ........................................ 16
7.1.Sports at the Paralympic games .......................................................... ................. 18
7.1.1.Summer sports at the Paralympic ....................................................................... 18
7.1.2 Winter sports at the Paralympic…………. .......................................................... ... 19
Conclusion .......................................................... ......................................................... 20
Literature ............................................................. ........................................................ 20
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3.OLYMPIC FLAME
The Olympic flame is a symbol of eternal fire that comes from the famous Greek myth of Prometheus,
who stole fire from the sacred hearth in Olympus. That fire belonged to the god Zeus and Prometheus
stole donated to the people. For the first time the Olympic flame burning in Amsterdam on the modern
Olympic Games. Palem burned throughout the duration of the games, but it is lit and extinguished
without any ceremony.
World public is almost unknown that carry the Olympic torch from Ancient Olympia to the site where
the Olympic Games are held the first organized by the Nazis in honor of the Berlin Olympic Games
iz1936. Year - to "prove" that there is a direct link between the Hellenic Society, the spiritual cradle of
European civilization, and the Nazi regime
Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936 as the first game that started burning Olympic flame Olympic torch. 20
July 1936 at Olympia held the Olympic Torch Lighting Ceremony. While sixty boys in the choir, chanting
Pindar's "Eighth Olympic leave," the fifteen girls with bright lens and the sun lit the Olympic fire.
Having read Kubert "Letter to the torch carriers", resounded with the cannon shot Kronosovog hills and
the best runner Greek first torch was brought to Berlin. Designer of the first torch was Professor Karl
Smoke from Berlin. It was heavy 460gr and 27cm high, while the flame is secured magnesium filling. The
road from Olympia to Berlin torch is passed for 8 days, carried by the 3,422 athletes during his trip
passed through Belgrade.
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Today, the lighting of the Olympic flame is performed in the same way with only minor changes. Today
ignition performed by women only now dressed in clothes of ancient priestess of the god Zeus. That lit
the torch and passed on to thousands of runners across all continents to the venue of the Olympic
Games and to the Olympic Stadium which will be in a prominent place the flame to burn the whole time
Olympic are lasting.
Torch transfers are running, but it is of course impossible when you need to go to another continent, but
still tries to which most of the times the torch yarn that way. In each city determines who will wear it,
and carry the torch is a big honor they receive deserving athletes from the country through which the
torch passes. Special honor a person who has taken the last torch and lights the Olympic cauldron or the
Olympic flame at the stadium, which symbolizes the start of the Games. For each subsequent Olympics
comes up with the design and manufactures a new torch.
